Some universes would "run faster" compared to the time of another universe. The Fae Realms for example. Other universes ran at variable rates compared to yet other universes. Some, inevitably, ran at the same rate with occasional hiccups. If you were IN one universe, you experienced time at a 1second/second rate. Go from your home universe to another universe and then back, and you might find a moment had passed or a year or a hundred years.
Of course, if you knew the tricks and ins and outs of the whole thing - you could use such things to manipulate the situation all sorts of ways.
So he watched as the Hokage tried to get a handle on the situation with Naruto and Hinata missing.
He also watched as Naruto experienced roughly a week in the same period that the Hokage was experiencing an hour.
As one of the chained individuals was stretched out on a rock, Naruto's eyes widened.
As one of the gals in richly embroidered robes raised a knife over the screaming soon-to-be-victim, Naruto figured out exactly what they were doing.
"ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!" yelled Naruto. Of course, at that point he realized that shouting anything in the cavern was probably NOT a good idea.
Especially after crossbow bolts began whistling through the darkness around him.
"Kage Bunshin!" cast Naruto, deciding the best defense was a good offense.
"It's some advanced Mirror Image spell, it's a mage!" declared the gal holding the knife. "Priestesses, dispel it so the archers can target him!"
"That don't sound good," said one Naruto.
"Let's get them first," said another Naruto.
"YAHHHH!" yelled all the Naruto as they went into the attack.
"Some kind of wizard-monk," noted High Priestess Galbina as she came around to the front of the improvised altar. "Not bad. A pity we can't take him prisoner and sell him, he'd make a tidy profit."
A rattle of chain made her look backwards but by that time a loop of chain was already around her throat.
Naruto's Shadow Clones ducked and weaved, kicked and punched, and generally made a mess of things.
Some of the combatants were apparently surprised when they felt his punch or kick connect. Some were shocked when a spray of kunai managed to disrupt their spellcasting. Some were REALLY shocked when the poisoned crossbow bolt they'd just fired off caused the 'image' to puff out in smoke AFTER they'd gotten hit by that same 'mirror image' of this really really annoying human.
It was all the more annoying when the slaves began picking up stones and throwing them in defense of their apparent rescuer(s).
Oh, and the sacrifice had gotten her chain unhooked from the rock and was strangling the head priestess with it.
Hinata watched with her Byakugan as the battle in near-darkness continued. She didn't know what was going on, just that Naruto was in a MAJOR fight against overwhelming numbers. Except that he had used a duplication technique to a truly ludicrous degree and now outnumbered those he was attacking.
She was confused by the whole thing as she saw some were prisoners, some were not, but none of them were saying anything she could make any sense out of.
Eventually the battle wound down. Naruto kept up the number of his Shadow Clones, while the number of slavers was constantly being whittled down. Here, without reserves they could draw on, and with their own resources largely consumed in the slave raid itself - they were at a disadvantage.
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